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Director:
Nathaniel Kahn
Writer:
Melissa Foster (writer)
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Release Date:
18 July 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Sci-Fi more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
The Happening
 (From The AV Club. 12 June 2008, 2:17 PM, PDT)

Marketing Campaign for Disney Film Goes Over the Top
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 19 July 2004)

User Comments:
Silly and Moronic more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Billy Arrowood ... Himself - Location Scout

Adrien Brody ... Himself
Deepak Chopra ... Himself - Author

Johnny Depp ... Himself
Sean Andrew Fash ... Himself
Callum Greene ... Himself
Adrian M. Hickman ... Video Store Manager
Nathaniel Kahn ... Himself

Maggie Kiley ... Cecilia Meadows

Ilana Levine ... Publicist
Brick Mason ... Himself - Storyboard Artist

Griffin Newman ... Teenage Fan

Chandler Parker ... Javier Ortega
Sharon Pinkenson ... Herself - Film Commissioner

Jicky Schnee ... Jennifer

M. Night Shyamalan ... Himself
Benjamin Smolen ... Shyamalan fan
John F. Street ... Himself - Mayor of Philadelphia
Greg Urban ... Himself - Anthropology Professor
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
M. Night: Portrait of a Filmmaker (USA) (working title)
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Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Singapore:PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This entire film was a mocumentary that was advertised as an unauthorized bio of reclusive director M. Night Shyamalan. After going so far as Shyamalan reporting to the press that he was upset about the release of this film, many fans and journalists became upset when they later learned it was all a hoax. The Sci-fi channel released an apology a few days before release for their campaign strategies. more
Movie Connections:
References Being There (1979) more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Silly and Moronic, 19 July 2004
1/10
Author: driver_8 from the Greater Southwest

M. Night is a pretty big star. Which made me wonder why this documentary on him would be on a basic cable station. Actually, it was on one of the cable stations down towards the end that nobody watches. I used to watch it when it had MST 3000 on it. OK, you know which one? Well, after sitting through the most painful first hour of this, I realized why others passed on it. Man! This was horrible! I mean, made for 1st graders, simplistic and silly. It acts like a documentary, but in reality, it is a bunch of bad actors, working without pay, pretending to be part of M. Night's earlier life. Speaking of MST 3000, this actually would have been entertaining, had Mike and the bots gotten hold of it. However, without them, it is just humiliatingly bad. I enjoy his movies, but beware of this foul offering.

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